1/29/2008
Williams: Legacy of Hans J. Morgenthau
Michael C. Williams (ed.): Realism Reconsidered -
The Legacy of Hans Morgenthau in International Relations
Paperback: 232 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford 2007
ISBN: 0199288623
Political realism is more often quoted than read and more frequently criticized than understood. Michael C. Williams of Aberystwyth University has opened up the legacy of Hans J. Morgenthau and the normative side of realism.
Realism is correctly understood as a counterforce to the political thinking of Carl Schmitt and to his "concept of the political". Realism can be viewed as a normative project of making the world function better. I've tried to use this, in my view, correct reading of realism in my master's thesis.
Michael C. Williams (ed.): Realism Reconsidered -The Legacy of Hans Morgenthau in International Relations
Paperback: 232 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford 2007
ISBN: 0199288623
Political realism is more often quoted than read and more frequently criticized than understood. Michael C. Williams of Aberystwyth University has opened up the legacy of Hans J. Morgenthau and the normative side of realism.
Realism is correctly understood as a counterforce to the political thinking of Carl Schmitt and to his "concept of the political". Realism can be viewed as a normative project of making the world function better. I've tried to use this, in my view, correct reading of realism in my master's thesis.
¶ 1/29/2008 12:10:00 ip."For [Morgenthau] theories are devised to serve normative ends." p. 208
